Mechanobiology emerges at the crossroads of medicine, biology, biophysics and
engineering and describes how the responses of proteins, cells, tissues and organs to …

Arterial stiffening occurs with age and is closely associated with the progression of
cardiovascular disease. Stiffening is most often studied at the level of the whole vessel …

With recent advancement in nanotechnology and materials science, we have been able to
fabricate electronics on flexible, stretchable and 3D substrates to cover electrical functional …

The cortex is a thin, crosslinked actin network lying immediately beneath the plasma
membrane of animal cells. Myosin motors exert contractile forces in the meshwork. Because …

Transmission of mechanical force is crucial for normal cell development and functioning.
However, the process of mechanotransduction cannot be studied in isolation from cell …

Among physical stimulation modalities, magnetism has clear advantages, such as deep
penetration and untethered interventions in biological subjects. However, some of the …

Nanomagnetic materials offer exciting avenues for probing cell mechanics and activating
mechanosensitive ion channels, as well as for advancing cancer therapies. Most …

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has become an important tool for quantifying mechanical
properties of biological materials ranging from single molecules to cells and tissues. Current …

Viruses are nanosized, genome-filled protein containers with remarkable thermodynamic
and mechanical properties. They form by spontaneous self-assembly inside the crowded …

Recently biomechanics of cancer cells, in particular stiffness or elasticity, has been identified
as an important factor relating to cancer cell function, adherence, motility, transformation and …